Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
Category
Archival
Military
Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
Nursing
Portrait Picture
Classification
Archival, Images
Military
Archival, Military
Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
Nursing
Portrait Picture
Accession Number
995002134
Description
Black and white photographic print of a nurse in a World War I military nursing sister's uniform including white veil from the 1914-18 era; white border around the print.
Black and white photographic print of a nurse in a World War I military nursing sister's uniform including white veil from the 1914-18 era; white border around the print.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae
Dates
1914
1918
circa 1914-1918
Date Remarks
World War I
Material
paper: white
ink: black
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Nursing Binder pg. 8 b
Length
17.7 cm
Width
12.7 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 17.7 cm x Width 12.7 cm
Condition Remarks
Minor adhesive tape residue on border of print; slight cupping
Copy Type
Replica
Reference Types
Person
Museum
Reference Comments
Marilyn Boston
“Nursing Sister’s apron, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC),” Museum of Health Care. http://artefact.museumofhealthcare.ca/?p=79
Research Facts
Marion Edna Stevens (1889-1972) was born in Napanee, Ontario and graduation from the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing in 1912; she served with the Canadian Forces in Europe during World War I; she nursed in Toronto for the rest of her nursing career. Photo taken at the Nasrieh School Hospital in Egypt.
More than 4000 women served as military nurses during the Second World War playing a vital role in the care and comfort of wounded soldiers, sailors, and airmen. As commissioned officers known by rank and title as Nursing Sisters, they served as fully-integrated members of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, the Royal Canadian Navy, and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Most of them worked overseas in military hospitals and casualty clearing stations. After the lean years of the 1930s when there were few available positions for graduate nurses, even with the dangers of warfare, military nursing offered a job with a good salary, benefits, status, and a chance to travel.